Goslar: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Goslar with 27.7% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 23.6%. Below, the results of all 7 municipalities.
- Turnout80.5% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters82,164 of 102,042 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU −0.4 · SPD +0.6 · AfD +3.5 · Grüne −3.3
- CDU range across municipalities25.6% to 31.4%
2026 local elections in Goslar
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 21.09.2026 12:58. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 30.7% · 15 of 50 seats
- District administrator: run-offSaipa 45.3% v Homann 27.4% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout61.4%
- SPD30.7% · 15 seats
- CDU26.4% · 13 seats
- AfD18.9% · 9 seats
- GRÜNE9.2% · 5 seats
- Die Linke6.7% · 3 seats
- FDP3.2% · 2 seats
Turnout 61.4% · 105,076 eligible voters · 50 seats · Official final result · 182 of 182 results
Source: Landkreis Goslar, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 12:58. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03153000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Saipa and Homann. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Saipa, SPD45.3%
- Homann, CDU27.4%
- Filko, Volt7.9%
- Plettner-Voigt, Die Linke7.7%
- Schlawitz, GRÜNE6.5%
- Schmidt, FDP5.3%
Turnout 61.3% · 105,076 eligible voters · Official final result · 182 of 182 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | GRÜNE | Die Linke | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Bad Harzburg | 60.2% | 28.3% | 33.3% | 18.6% | 10.8% | 6.3% | 2.7% |
| Gemeinde Liebenburg | 66.8% | 38.1% | 24.1% | 20.4% | 7.8% | 5.3% | 1.5% |
| Stadt Seesen | 60.8% | 30.0% | 35.0% | 16.9% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 2.9% |
| Stadt Braunlage | 59.5% | 23.1% | 27.4% | 15.1% | 12.5% | 3.7% | 2.0% |
| Stadt Goslar | 60.9% | 33.1% | 21.7% | 18.9% | 8.1% | 7.3% | 3.9% |
| Berg- und Universitätsstadt Clausthal-Zellerfeld | 61.5% | 24.1% | 23.3% | 19.4% | 14.8% | 7.2% | 5.7% |
| Stadt Langelsheim | 63.0% | 30.7% | 24.3% | 21.5% | 7.3% | 5.7% | 1.5% |
Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden) are administrative unions of several municipalities; their member municipalities also have their own councils. Shares in percent of valid votes, others not listed individually.
Second votes in Goslar
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU27.7%-0.4
- SPD23.6%+0.6
- AfD21.3%+3.5
- Grüne8.2%-3.3
- Linke7.4%-0.7
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others2.6%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Strongest party by municipality in Goslar
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Goslar
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 25.6 to 31.4%, SPD 21.7 to 26.1%, AfD 19.2 to 24.4%, Grüne 6.3 to 10%, Linke 5.8 to 8.4%, BSW 3.5 to 4.5%, FDP 3.2 to 5.6%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goslar | 30,158 | 80.3% | 27.4 | 23.4 | 19.9 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Bad Harzburg | 13,505 | 79.0% | 29.2 | 22.4 | 21.1 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Seesen | 11,902 | 81.0% | 27.7 | 24.2 | 23.1 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Langelsheim | 10,056 | 83.5% | 26.7 | 24.7 | 24.4 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Berg- und Universitätsstadt | 7,693 | 78.8% | 25.6 | 22.7 | 20.6 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Liebenburg | 5,577 | 83.3% | 27.8 | 26.1 | 21.8 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Braunlage | 3,273 | 77.5% | 31.4 | 21.7 | 19.2 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including the postal-vote districts assigned to it. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.